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13 Mar 2025
Otago success in QS World Rankings
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is home to New Zealand’s highest ranked subject area in the latest QS Wor...

06 Mar 2025
Study exposes gaps in beach safety education
Could you spot a rip? Half of beach users in New Zealand would struggle to identify a rip current in photos and videos,...

15 Nov 2024
New but familiar faces at Graduate Research School
A few staffing changes have taken place at Otago’s Graduate Research School recently- Associate Professor Diane Ruwhiu h...

17 Sep 2024
From rain gauge to international career in climate science
When Dr Jim Salinger was enrolling for study at the University of Otago in the 1960s, he was torn between medicine and c...

26 Aug 2024
'The Career Break Paradox' wins Otago's Three Minute Thesis
For some people, it may well have been the ‘worst year of their life’, but it seems they are still in favour of the conc...

22 Aug 2024
Rowing for good
While most of his Otago peers were doing nothing more challenging over winter than surviving on two-minute noodles, Jack...

24 Dec 2023
Climate career
Having grown up enjoying winter and summer holidays in the family mountain hut at the Craigieburn Valley ski area, new P...

01 Apr 2023
Burn baby burn, disco… soup?
A pair of Otago University student sisters are putting in the mahi to raise awareness about food waste and its impacts o...

23 Mar 2023
Otago appoints Ron Lister Chair in Geography
A geographer whose career has focused on ensuring those who are marginalised, vulnerable, and discriminated against are...

21 Mar 2023
Otago appoints Ron Lister Chair in Geography
A geographer whose career has focused on ensuring those who are marginalised, vulnerable, and discriminated against are...

25 Nov 2022
Fascinating talk on just sustainabilities for Ron Lister memorial lecture
The Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University in Boston spoke on the topic of: Just S...

17 Nov 2022
17 November 2022 Renowned Dunedin Study wins Rutherford Medal
The University of Otago’s Dunedin Study – touted as the world’s most successful longitudinal study of a general communit...